Why do people think solitude is such a bad thing?

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Me too! There's something about old handmade toys that you don't get with modern toys. Its like that feeling I get when I wrap up in a quilt my grandma and mom made. You can feel when something is made with love and care.

i still sleep in a quilt my mom made for me decades ago.

I have toys that have been with me since childhood. They are packed away and I forget about them, but when it comes to clearing things out and throwing them away I can’t bear to do it.

This topic has gone off-topic, a bit, but I'll play.

I have the same genitals that I was born with.
Mind you, they are hard to find, but I am sure they are still there.
Well, I hope so.

I am keeping them, no matter wot!

While shopping earlier in Chattanooga, Tennessee whilst trying in vain to ignore the twangy yodeling [what passes for modern "country music", this coming from a guy who absolutely adores bluegrass and classic country, by the way] issuing from the PA system at the grocery store... I thought to myself that if given the opportunity I would literally have myself surgically castrated if I could become a refugee in Canada. [true story]

OUCH!! i think i'll keep my jewels even if it means i am stuck in this $#!+hole country.

My cats still seem pretty happy, lol. At least the temperature has finally dropped below 80 degrees and the tropical storms are over. Now we just have to worry about tornadoes in winter and spring, but at least the risk of wildfires and earthquakes is basically nil. I just miss being around people who aren't ignorant xenophobic fascists. There just ain't no place for a democratic socialist xenophile while SARS-CoV-2 is being freely and gleefully exchanged by those who have worked harder on their ignorance than I have on accumulating knowledge. Plus I really love nice folks and cold weather.

in the army i learnt that sometimes one hasta just yell PHUQIT!! and rip out the old scenery and replace oneself into new scenery no matter the cost.

I'm definitely better endowed with coping skills now than I have ever been. I need to stop feeling that this is my destination and realize that it's just a chapter in a story that has yet to be completed. I've twice attempted a change of scene to have the stage fall out from under me, and both times I've been able to incorporate that into the show, so to speak. What I've learned is that the finale cannot occur without the struggle and a whole lot of plot development.

If you do, could you send them over, to me?
I could do with a spare set.
I will pay for packaging and delivery, and even give you a nominal amount for your time.

That's pretty funny. After my appendix ruptured and I had surgery to remove it, the doctor told me that it was the second largest one he'd ever removed. My very next words reacting to this were, "May I see it?" He chuckled, as I'd gained a reputation for my sense of humor, even while I was in excruciating pain, and indeed I was still on painkillers. My last words before anesthesia were, after being asked how I was doing, "Never been better, this is the most fun I've had in YEARS!". So I continued, "No, seriously, I want to see it! Could you please at least ask pathology to send me a picture of it?" He told me that he was surprised, he had never had a patient ask him anything like that, and he said that he would try. I told him that I was surprised that nobody had ever asked him that before.

Unrelated question, are you able to approve refugee applications in Canada? I'm under a lot of recession around here.... or maybe repression, same thing [both really].

If you don't want to hear both kinds of music, (Country AND Western) just moving to Canada won't help. You also have to avoid the prairies.

It's not necessarily that the majority of people think that solitude is a bad thing. It's just that... well, people who like and appreciate solitude are probably not going to be hanging around other people, endlessly repeating their opinions. So pro-solitude opinions aren't really going to get heard, even if they're just as prevalent.

So despite how common such sentiments might be, 90% of what you're actually going to hear is pro-crowd, pro-group, pro-talking, pro-noise, anti-solitude and anti-quiet opinions.

I knew I was in a really bad place in my life when I had surgery to get my tubes tied and the pre-surgical drugs made me feel happier than I had felt in years and years. I looked at the eyes of an attending nurse, and told her, "You have the most beautiful eyes."

I still remember that as a highlight of my life.

Point well taken. To be fair, I really do love bluegrass [roots, folk] and classic country and western. Western Swing, like Dixieland Jazz, is one of the most woefully underappreciated forms of music. I thoroughly enjoy Hank Williams [Senior, period.], Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, the Darling Family, Bill Monroe, Patsy Cline, even the early work of Charlie Daniels, as well many other real, actual "country and western" artists. As renowned Americana music producer T. Bone Burnett once put it, "Modern country music is just watered down pop-rock with Hallmark greeting-card lyrics." It's now essentially just hillbilly rock-and-roll wrapped up in an American and/or confederate battle flag. Country artists used to sing about life and love and loss and the good things about the world around them. Now they just sing about playing around in the mud, promiscuity in pickup trucks, and how much they hate respecting women and other races in over-the-top screeching Southern accents. Really my annoyance yesterday came far more from what passes for local "culture" than the music itself, though most such music totally exemplifies the narrow modern southern perspective. Fun fact: the good old days weren't so good, and they weren't really that long ago either. Also, political correctness is simply being polite and respectful, which used to be an important part of how people in this part of the country were raised.



Seconded. I barely remember any other time in my life during which I felt more cared for and encouraged. Also, I have never had a flying dream before or since.

sounds like they gave you ketamine